OURCs Captains' Meeting Minutes

1st Week, Trinity Term 2002

Apologies were received from Harris Manchester

1. Minutes – no objections to the published
minutes were raised.

2. Matters arising – none.

3. Squad news

OULRC – recalled
that Cambridge had been “whooped” at the Henley Boat races, with both crews
breaking records. OULRC also beat Cambridge at the European University Championships.
Details on the Summer squad are to be announced later.

OUWLRC (Rachel Abbott) – also won, by a record margin of
4 lengths being, beating the record to Fawley. OUWLRC will be competing at BUSA,
and development squad details are to be announced later.

OUWBC – Rachel
Abbott reported that OUWBC will also be competing at BUSA, and apparently won
their Boat Races.

OUBC were not
represented at the meeting, but rumour had it that they’d won their races as
well.

4. Oxford University Rowing Safety document.

Proposal to ratify the safety document produced
by the safety sub-committee formed by the OUBC trust fund committee

St Benet’s expressed some regret about the
loss of the development aspect of the original documents published in Michaelmas
term.

Proposed: AH Seconded: RC

Passed with 1 abstention

5. Constitutional amendment:

C4.8 "All
College Boat Clubs are required to be affiliated to the Amateur Rowing Association".

AH pointed out
that this was the only immediate recommendation that the OURS document made,
and that most clubs were registered anyway.

St Benet’s expressed
reservations about the costs involved for relatively small clubs, and it was
pointed out that this was not prohibitive, at only a few pounds per person.
It was also pointed out that membership obliged all clubs to follow the Water
Safety Code at all times, and this was key to ensuring safe practise in the
Oxford Rowing community.

Proposed: AH Seconded: RC

Passed with 1 abstention

6. Torpids start/finish orders

The order published on the web at <http://www.atm.ox.ac.uk/rowing/t02fin.html>
was ratified by the captains with no objections.

7. OURCs elections

a) Captain of
Coxes – Edd Edmondson (Jesus)

Passed with no objections

b) Ordinary Member
– Caroline Smith2 (Somerville)

Passed with no objections

c) Ordinary Member
– Andrew Fletcher (New)

Passed with no objections

8. River closures:

a) Oriel Regatta:
Thurs - Sat 7th week.

Oriel requested a river closure from 1pm –
7pm for those dates.

Passed with no objections

b) Keble: Sunday
6th week, 2-4pm. (private match)

Keble propose to hold a private match on the
Sunday after 8s, and Jesus were planning to share the closure for a similar
match. It was stressed that anyone wishing to row would be accommodated if possible,
and that the closure was to ensure safe racing.